A PleulWnt Retreat. To be fold a -public vendue. By o/dtr flic Orphan's Court of Montgomery C >unty oa Ihe a71 h duy of the lourth month next at 7 set hou( , in Philadelphia. _ The following dcfcribcd capital house ai)d lota fi:ua ted tn Wk>t t a Town, aboar 36 miles from Philadel phia, bdmg pji» of the cftatc of Thomas Maybur- ry, dccealed. The Masifion house standing on the Main liice built with Itone and the best maeri al*, com»nodioufly divided into rooms and well fin idl ed inrou^hout —with an airy entry and good cellars, tftrty.i* o feet in front and thirty fix feet in depth adjoining 's a St*%ne Piazz*, stove room and kitchen •with lodging rooms over them—a well water in the yaid—and a stone milk house with a smoke house over it—a good garden, &»:. on t he south end of the lot are a biew house, caniage house and a large (tone barn —with cxtenfive (tables forhorC-SjCow s &c. This estate wojld accommodate a large genteel fa mily inclining to re; ire into the country. Potts Town being one o,t the cheapeit puces tor provisions within the fame dilUnce Irom Philadelphia—and for healthy fixation, conveniences of ltages, &c is equal to most mla.ni towns in Permfylvania Wish the foregoing prcmifcs will be fold, a Lot of excellent Clover Land, adjoining the Barn, con taining about three Acres, in which are a number of Apple Fiees. further particulars inqy be known £ n ap plied, tin to Rebecca May hurry, 1 4J . . . Administrators to on toe premt;eSs , , . ,nL ~ } the estate cf Ibo fo£>nl'araer»Jr > %r L J r- mas May our ry, fames rattxi'Hn , j D' / j ■ deceased, ladeipbta• fir Mivnh ag, , JACOB PERKINS, HAVING invented an effeflual check f° r de tefliug counterfeit Bank Paper, which has received the fanflion of ons Bank* and the approbation of the underGgned eminent artists, and having obtained a patent, fecnring to him, and to his assigns, th« exclusive right of the in vcution, hereby offers to his fellow citizens the privilege of ufmg it upon terms, to be agreed on between him and any person disposed to avail themitlves of a guard againlt counterfeits. THE underlined having examined Jacob Ptrkin's new invented method to dete.il coun terfeit Bank paper, do approve of the plan, it teing inpoffille to engrave or link two plates perfciHly alike, without the original die or hub, the counterfeiter woald find it impoflible to make an impreflion which would perfectly gage with the chtik from the original die. ROB'T SCOT, Engraver & Diefinker JAMES SMITHEK, Engraver. JAMES AKTN, Esgraver. The terms may be known by applying to No ti, Sotiih 3d street. March 13. Tn all whom it may concern. THE Creditors of the Subscri ber are aefired to take notice, that application has been made to the Court of Coh.mon Pleas of Mif flin Cou.uy, in the State of Pennfylv»nia,in order th*! the applicant may receive the benefit of the tever.il lit*, pass.d for the relief of insolvent dsbt '>r*. and the said court have appointed the fecomi in April nest, T o hear him and his credi tors at tfv caurt house in Lewis Town, in thefaid county. Wm. ARMSTRONG, jun. IHW3W rmr*h Patent Ploughs, r 1 1 be fjM for ealh hy Joseph Salter at Atfion 1 Richard Wells, Cooper's Ferry—Jonathan Harkcr, Woodbury—and jefle Evans, Lumber ton, Those who have used them give them the preference to any other kmd', as they require i«& tram, break the ground better are kept in wrder at lelVexpence and are fold at atcheaper rate —the plan is much Amplified and confiftsof tint one piece as caftiron, with the handles and heim ~f wood ; tJiey may befixed with wrought lays snd coulters to bt put on with screws and taken off at pleifure Intent right! for s ending with inftraflions for making them may be hid by applying to Joljs Newbeltl, or the subscriber No. n» Norfn Frorrt-I'.rset. Who bat for Salrj Or to Lease for « term of Yearly A numtxr of valuable trilU of Land, Vitiated tar Mills, Iron tVorki or t-1)' iru proved, lying chiefly in the county of Hun tingdon ftau of Pennfylvanu. Those who may incline to view them will please to fpply to Jolm-Canaii e£q. near Huntingdon. ' Charles NivAold. aawtf i uf y >7 N 0 7 / C E. GOOD encouragement wfll be given to a person who underdands the Tanning bufiriefs in all its branch**—a!fo to a person who underftanda making of Tin-Ware, to move into the Wefterri Country.—Ptrfons who have fraall families would be preferred,—For further particulars enquire at No 53 North Fourtfa-ftrect. Now need apply but thofc who can bring good recommendations. riiarrh li FOR SALE, A smart, aftive Bay Horse, BETWEEN fiftf» andfixceen hands high.rising year?, would suit very w«ll for a gentle man in any of the troop9of Horse, he is perfectly found; the price is 110 dollars.—For a >icw please -to Apply at Mt' 10, North Eighth street, or at Gif hcrtfon'* Stable, in 4th between Lombard and Ge dar i>r South-streets. march 13 Sheathing Copper, ii, Pipes of the frneft particular Madeira Wiue For Sale by JOSFPH S. LEWIS No. 25, Dock Street, |3tawim Mau-fi ai. Charles Campbell, W AT C H-M A K E R. HAS removed (o the Shop formerly occupied by Mr. John Wood, No. fj, corner of Front and Chefnnt-ftreets ; wheije he will thank folly receive and execute orders with neatness and ilifpaKh ME HAI' CONST * N I I V ON HAND, A Neat aod Large Assortment of Clocks & Watches. WAN f E D, A JOURNEYMAN ; ALSO, »»c ur two' Apprentices of refpeAa Me parent*. FOR SALE, A large quantity of Watch Glafles Wbtlefeilc aad Retail. • sor 34 A Hooss and Lot in Trenton, i 1 HE house is of brick, two ftorics higii, lour rooms on a floor, and in good order.—For farther particulars enquire of Ab . Hunt, in Tren- ton, or of march 9 • TEN or twelve Tens, Clever Timotf'/y Of the firfl quality.—Apply at No. 43, Almond street- Jan. 8. Mount Pleasant on Schuylkill. ' PHE fubferiber is willing toj fell the estate on wbic'rt he lives, ar the end of the new canal, and aboutthrec and a half miles distant from this city. A pleasant place adjoining is aWo for falc I hefe fnuations are too well known to require description, especially as it is piefumed the purchaser would choefe f# judge for himfelf. If not fo'd before the firft of May, the manfi m house is engaged to be let. Enquire on the »; emifes. vlprH-i Superfine Writing Papers, Just receivedij the Adventure from London, FOR SALE By William Young, No. 52 Second, the corner of Chefnut-llrect, IMPERIAL, super-royal, flste, wpve and plain, royal, medium, thick pqft ; extra large vellum, and plain folio poll; extra large plain and wove 1 pod ; quarto gilt and plain fuperfine ho-prefled, W. Young has also on hand, a large aflortmeut of the belt Amcricau manufactured writing aad printing papers; all forts of papers made on Ihort notice agreeable to patterns. Consignment for sale at prime costs and raw&fti7A charges : 5 Trunks of hooks affort»d; 110 Reams large royal printing paper ; ico Reams London brown royal do. 113 Reams foolfcap do. The above are entitled to the drawback. I Cafe black leather and Morocco pocket books, april 1. 7t THE COMMISSIONERS, APPOINTED by the Corporation to open Books of Subscription for a Loan to intro duce fVHOLESOME WATER from the River Schuylkill by means of Steam Engines (already contracted for) to the Center Square and from thence to be distributed through the City, give NOTICE, THAT a book will be opened at the City Haß to-morrow, the 13th inflant, and will be con tinued from day to day, until the Loan is com pleated, where the commiflioners will attend from 10 o'clock in the morning until one, to re ceive fubferiptioos* By order of flie Bard, Jacob Shoemaker, sec'y. lawif ad mo. ix. N. B. Ten dollars to be paid on each lhare at the time of Subscribing, 30 dollar, at the expiration of -\ prm two months ( jo ditto, ditto, 4 months C r '. f , . . 30 ditto, ditto! 6 months) TO LET. -r HE largs House m Southwark, lately occupied * hj Mr. Henry Mitel ell ; apply .to Isaac Wharton. m. II Ihe Subscriber offtrs for Sale, THE, FOLLOWING PROPERTY. AN Excellent three story Brick House, fltu ate the corner of 7th and Race-streets; the house is about 15 feet front and wall finifh ed in every refpe<ft ; the Lot is 76 feet front on Race-street a»d 88 feet deep,the situation remar kably airy, having a public fqnare open in Front of it. Two three ftorj Brick Houses, Brick Stores, and good Wharf, fitmte in Water-street, be tween Arch and Race-streets, the lot on which thtfe buildings are, is fifty four feet froat on Water-street, and continues that width about 9J feet, then widens tothefouth 13 feet 6 inch es, so thatthe-front on the water is sixty seven feet fix inches, this lot adjoins Joha Steinmetz esq. on the south, and has the advantage of a public alley on the north, and is a very desira ble tituatioi) for the business of a Flour Faclor, or Merchant A large elegant two story Stone House, situ ate on the Point no Point road, being the firft house to the Northward of the five mile ft«ne ; this house is about 60 feet front and 40 feet deep finifhed in a neat manner; there is a good gar den and choice eolle<Bion of the best fruit trees, Ice-House and other conveniences with about Ane acres of ground—or if more agreeable to the purchaser, thirty two acres of upland and I meadow mey b« added to it. A plantation in Bibirry Townlhifv. Philadel phia county near the Red Lyon, about 13 miles from this city ; hounded by the Northampton Road and Poqueißng Creek, this farm contains abont 140 acres of land, a proportion of which is woodland and meadow , a brick dwelling houfe, frame barn, and other out4ioufes, and there is said to be a good llope quarry on part it, although it ha» not yet bees opened, a fur ther description is deemed unneceflary as no person will porchafe without viewing the pre miles, eod4w A small plantation in Horlham Townlhip, Montgomery county, nineteen miles from Phi ladelphia, adjoining to Grime Park, on which it an excellent new Stone House asd Kitchen, %vith a large Stone Shed for the accommodation of traveller's horses ; the house is now occupi ed as a tavern, and is suitable for any kind of public business, the land is good in quality, a good neighborhood, and a remarkably healthy situation : there is fifty acres of land aud mea dow in this farm Alfoforfale, several trails of land in different counties of this state. sawjw £s* The House inßace-ftreet firft mentioned and one cf the Houses in Water-flreet, are now And immediate pi fTeffion given. For terms apply at the South-east corner of Arch and Sixth-fireets, to feb 7 Weavers. SEVERAL WEAVERS may find em ployment by applying-to ICaac T. Hop per, No. 39, Pine-street. 31110. 15 th, 1799. BY THE SUBSCRIBERS) 14 four pound Cannon, different lengths, 5 Garronades. December x. jawtf FOR SALE JOHN K. CREJSON, J " So. 54, Market street For Sak, A r,; JON. WILLIAMS, eodtiftm CONSISTING OF TO BE LET, JOSEPH BALL. th&r tf FOR SALE, JOHN NIXON & GO. § FOR SALE By SIMON WALKER, Piiu, near Fifth-street, WOOLWICH proof Cannon—9 pounders, 6 11 feet long, 20 cwt. each, and 7 fe*t long, 25 cwt. each, with carriages, &c completed ditto—.6 pounders, 5 1-2 feet lon£> 15 cwt. each, and 6 feet long, 18 cwt. each, with carriages, &c complete; Carronades on Hiding carriages, 12, c 8 Sc 24 pounders, weighing 61-2, 8 and 13 cwt. each ; ! hoarding Pikes and CutlaiTes ; English Ca»non Powder; Copper Sheathing Nails, Spikes and Bolts ; 6,9 12, 18 uod 24-lb. round Shot; 6,» 9, rS and 241b; double-headed do. 9 18 and 24II). Cannifter Shot. Alio—a quantity of beil English, Porter, Claret and Port Wine Bottles, TauDten ale in casks of 7 dozen each, mar oh 8. 3*wim ISUVtf THE time of a iikcly Negro Boy, about ten years old—he is healthy an 4 aflive. ai«d has been acouftomed *.o waiting, &c.—Ehquirrj of the I'rinUr. March 16. of JOHN SHAVER, of Hopo JL well townlbip,in t"ie county of Huntingdon, are hereby reqpefted to produce their accounts and demands againl't him, duly attelVed, to the fubferir bers, at the court house in the town of Huntingdon, on Saturday the aoth day of April next —And all rerfons indebted to the said John Shav-r, are re quired to mate immeciate payment to «ither of th( fubferibers —r-Given under ®ur bands 43d Feb ruary, 1799, JOHN CADWALLADER,> Affigneei 0 GEORGE BUCKANON, j John Shav< march if iaW4W No rICf E. THE creditors of Benjamin Davidfon, esq. of Franklin townlhip in the county ef Huotingdei, are hereby requited to produce their accounts and demands againlt him duly attelled, to the fubfcri bifrs, at the Court Mouse in the town of Hunting den on the firft Monday in May next. And all persons indebted to the said Benjamin Davidfon, are required to make immediate payment to either of the subscribers. Given under our hands march a INDEBTED to the Estate of Abraham Dicks, Sheriff of the County of Delaware, arc requeued t > make immediate pay ment, and all thole who have demand* against said Estate to anihentirate and present them for fettlemenc. Also, all those who have drpoSted writings with said deceased to npi>ly for them to WHXIAM PENNOCK. Adm'r Springfield, Delawart county, \ ift mo. Btb, 1799. i jm. 8 To the Creditors of William Richards, Deceased. THE real estate of William Richards having been recently fold, the creditors ef ("aid estate are rtqtfeftcd to t'nrnifri their iccounts im mediately, as a dividend will" be firuck on the firft day of May next and paid at any time af terwards, on application to WILLIAM BELL. muel Of the city of Philedelphia, merchant, hav ing alTlgned over all his effefU, real, perfooal and mixed, to the fubferiber;, for the benefit of such of his creditors as may fuhferihe to the said assignment on or before the fir A of Augult next. Notice is hereby given, To all perloris indebted to the said estate, tha they are requelled to make immediate payment to either of the assignees, or to tht said Samuel Miles, who is authorised to receive the fame ; in failure whtreot legal steps will be taken for the recovery of such debts, as are not difefur ged accordingly. GEORGE ASTON, 1 CORNELIS COMEGYS, >• Assignees JOHN ALLEN, J fieb.l4 Mahogany. THE fabfcriber, intending to leave off, the Mahogany and Lumber Btifinefs, offers for sale at his yard, the corner ef Queen and Water streets, Sonthwark, all hia (lock on hand, lonfifting of a great variety of St. Domingo and Bay. Mahogany Boards, Plank and Scantling, All well feaioned and fit for immediate use, Also a few thousand feet fcafoned halt-inch and inck White Pine Boards, and a small quantity of two feet cedar (hingles. All that (hall remain unfold, will be disposed of at public sale, at 10 o'clock on Thursday the »Bih inftaat The terms of payment will be cash for purchases under 100 dollars, from 100 to joo dol lars at 60 days, and all above <o» dollars at 60 and 110 days, for approved injqrfeil notes, with the difoount. The fcle to be continued until the whole is disposed of. N. B. The subscriber will fell or l«t the above yard, wharf aud dwelling house, which he now occupies, march 4 /It the two mile Jionc, on the Weffahickon, or Ridge Road, A Place containing about eighty acres, in part?' ' * or the whole together, a? may suit the pur chaser. There is on the premii'es a house 47 1-3 f*t< front, by 43 i-i deup, a_fcullery, milt house, pump, ice houfa, and sam house, a large barn, 60 feet by 32, with flails for 15 horses and cows, a carriage house, and a pump of good water in tho barn yard, and a fecund milk house supplied by a spring. The grounds are well manured, and laid out in good flile, with an abundance of orna mental, and fruit trees, the situation healthy and high, commanding a view of the city and Dela ware. There is also a small diftancefrom the man sion hpufe a farm house in good repair, with kitchen, flable, &c. 3nd a pump of good wa ter: Farsterms apply to March i» Valuable Property for Salt, la Chefnut, near Sixth street, dire&ly oppofit Congress Hall, AI.OT of ground, about ax feet front in Chef nut street and 73 feet in d*pth, wherecn is a good frame house, now in the tenure of Samuel Benge, fubje.3 to a ground rent of aos. per annum. The advantageous fituatioa of this property re quires no comments, for it mult be known, there ire few in this city to equal it, an unscceptionable title will be made to the purchaser. Apply to JAMES GIRVAN, no. 19?, Chefnut street, next door to the pre miles. mareh j FOR SALE, Notice. Samuel Mar/hall, f Assignees James Hunter, > of Alexander Dean, J B. Davidfon RSO AL NOTICE m.th.ti Mav T 79' iles, jun'r. JOHN M'GULLOH, e»t2BVTay FOR SALE, SAMUEL MEREDITH. No. i ji.Chtfnut Street. One Hundred Dollars Reward. IJ AN away from the fubi'criber this day, at noon, two mulatto houie servant*. v.z , *' c '■ ' ut ;commonly called Edward among his well know# as the fuifcritler'a S'.achman and waiting man for fevernl years in thi* city and m New-York he is a tall ftrair mid? mulatto with large bufiiy head of hair, about 32 years ol age, has a low forehead, with (mail Jyes, a fullcn dark look and is much inclined to Ue abrupt and ' ril " knt, one of his leg? foßiething fir.al'cr than the j other from a fratflure in his yeuth ; he generally wears a brown cloth coatee with red cuffs and cape and red edging, or fuftian with red cufT« and cape ; had on when he went away an old forcft cl*th furtout, mix'd brown and yellow, and his a box coat ol light colored drab, with red anu white livery lace, but asl do not know what other clothes he had on, may change hisdrefs. Nelly, calling herfelf Wife to ths before named Ned, fte is much above the middle Ha'uiv. Urait made with falling flioulcers, has a remarkable fe rocious countenance and is very paflioiMW. quar rellnme, andnoify, Ihc is rather a fair mulatra— ' has lolk one or two of her lroi;t teeth, which fbe I Uipplics with wax, a°d has a Ijr;;e fear betwaen ! her ihoulders occasioned by a blister ; (he is about ' lorty five years of age, has a very masculine air in ' l.er walk, fhc carried away with her fcvtralgowos ■ of different colored cotton i the above reward will be given for apprehending and securing them in any jail in the United States and giving notice to the fubferiber ; or fifty dollars forfecuring either of them. All persons are cautioned againlt har boring, enter'aining, ot concealing the above fer vantj er either of them; and all mailers of velfeU and others are warned againlt carrying them from the Ufiiud Stntes, law tf eodtf A Senator of the United States from the State of South Carolina, corner of 4th and Union-street Philadelphia, apri) _j A FINE healthy fixation on the Delaware ij miles north of T'hilsdelphia, with a woftory frame house nearly new and a Micti on adjoining ; —a piaza in front of the house, j rooms on each floor, a good c6o! cellar, a pump of good water, garden ant! orchajd.— The land and water stages for New York and Burlington pass the premises every day. 10 acres of land will be allotted to the buildings, and more may be had if wanted. For further particulars enquire at No. 13 Dock-street, or 161 South Second-tlreet. iaW4W April 6 A Capital Store To Ltr, Enquire of JOSEPH S. I.EWIS, No. aj, Dock (Ire-ct 23*' JW iril J. REAL ESTATES. THE SUBSCRIBER, Offers for sale the following described property, IlWtf A LOT of gr.uad on the south fidte thereof, between 7th and Bth ftrcets, containing in front 13 feet 8 inches and extending in depth southward 306 fwet. The improvements on this lot arc a substantial Brick Dwelling House, three dories high, with garrets and an extcr.live range of back buildings also of three (lories—the whole comprlfing tw,i genteel parlours—a/patious drawing room —back parlour—kitchen—wa(h house, &c. and a g»reat number of Ued-chambert. It has the privilege of paflageinto Mirket-flreet, through a 3 feet wide all»y communicating with the yard. Another lat on the fame situation and next ad joining, weft ward to the one above described, con taining in front, on Market ftrect, to feet 8 inch es by 306 feet in depth, on which arc crefied a twe ttory frame dwelling house a«d kitchen well calcu late! to accommodate a (mall family. The back ground of both theft lota i> rendered healthy and plcafant by gravel walks and graft pl-it* and a number of fruit and sorest tre«s growing thereon. Each lot hath the privilege of a paflage into Eighth-? reet through a 15 feet wide alky ex tending to the fame from the hack endi. One other Lot of ground adjoining to and (ail ward of the fubfcribcr's Dwelling Houfc, contain ing in front 33 lef-t and extending southward to the Jepth of 306 feet—oll which arc ere&ed a fubftan tia Bnck Dwelling House, 18 feet front, with garrets ami very convenient back buildings of the lame height and materials- Also a Carriage House and Stables built of v/ood. 3awtf A Lot of Ground on the north fide, and be tween Seventh and Eighth Streets, containing in front I 0» feet, and extending in depth northward 178 feet. This I.pt u also accommodated with a passage into Eighth Street, through the above de scribed alley. In the town of Dover, KENT COUXYr, DF.LAirjHJI STATE. Eight Lots of Ground adjoining each other, on ths weft Ode of King street, containing in front on the fame 50; fest, and extending in depth west ward about 40i feet, on which are ere&ed a two story Brick Dwellirg House, and another Brick Building adjoining, suitable for a Store or Office together with several frame tenements—a Rream ot water runs through the south part of the lot, where a tan-yard might be improved to advantage. Payment of a part of the purchat'e money will be required—the remainder may be at in terest for a number of year* by giving the pre miles in fecurit)-,, &c. ' RICHARD RtJNDLE. d 1 «• 2.1 *■ tf jan ii Ten Dollars Reward. TAHERTED from the Marine Barracks on tt _L/ 10th in ft, Wm, Johi.fton, a Marine Soldi r aged 30 years, 5 feet 6 inches high, black hair and eyes, and has loft the middle finger of the r , E ht hasd. He carried off with him his full u' _ 41 f,, rrn . Whoever f ill secure the said deserter in ? a iiy ihall receive the above reward. DAN. CARM\ck, commanding the Marine Wracks. ' march 18 eodiw Iron Works fc, r Sale. The subscriber ; wishing to de cline the iron Viufinefs, wilJ dispose of all his pro perty, fituatem Botetourt _ county, Virginia, ou the navigaHe w.ter of Jar lle , P . ivtT) con f ut ; ng of a Furnace with all the fjeceffary patterns con.plete, aForg»with three r ..'j rP6 an d two ha . mers, two good Merchat t IV' .ills, two Mills, together with all t.ie rece f _c ar y for the use of the orki, lcvtial large Banks of Ore convenient to ?' F u J" n »"o£' JU excellent quality fer bar-iron— The .whole of the works have been Uui 11 within five years, on tl muit a pj r ,, vtl j plans, by the bust workmen t h e riiff trent branshes from Prnnfyl vania ;te are ; n conl p] cte rc p a j r | or casting and w*"v * ircn - There are attached to said Workr , about sixteen thoafand acres of Wood-land, a ver i considerable stock of v.-cod cut ar.d ore ra, - c d. It is prffumed unuecifTnry to enlarge, as a P' urcbafer will undoubtedly view before lie p'ur cty >fcs. Indisputable titles w : II be giv v >ti, ar.d the « .rms mad" known, by applying to the subscriber ' >t the Works. tu.th fa »f njarc-b r j JACOB READ. FOR SALE, —-Wx. os. fIIGH-SfKEBf, 0!J CUE SNU'T STXEKT. WILLIAM WILSON. coim Treasury Department, March §tb, PUTM.ie NOTICE IS HF.RI.3Y GiVJ;N, THAT by ail a£t of'Congrtifs^ mflc'l the 28th day of l ; ebrtia*y, 01.e thousand feveu hundred and ninety nine, the following al teration« anil am.'nHr.ieiits have been made t* an id paffid on the Cxth day of July one thousand ffven hundred and niucty seven, intituled, " An a& raying duties upon stamped vellum, parchm»nt and ji.iper." The (lamp duties heretofore imposed upon foreign bills of bills of lading are to cease and determine from and after the Jift day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety. The several ft*mp duties hereafter enumerated will be Uvied and colleaed throughout the Uni-, ltd States, from and after the 31ft day ot March, one chemfand seven hundr«d and ninety-nine. For every (kin, or piece of rellum or parchment or lheet or piece of paper, upon which lhall be written or printed either of the inllruments o* writings following, td.wit. nine. Any foreign bill of exchange, draft or order for tho payment of money in any foreign country, Any note or bill of lading, or writing or receipt in nature thersof, for goods or merchandize to be export-, co; —if from one diftrift to another f dift'riit of the Umjed States, not being in the fime ffate, If from chc United States to anyfort'ign port or place, Any policy of kifurancc, or inftrnment in the nature thereof, other than those heretofore I'peciGed in the above recited a&, when the fom in lared Ihall not exceed five hundred dollars, When the sum infarod fhali exceed five hundred dollars, - li dthe said Duties are chargeable upon eash and every Bill of Exchange and Bill of Lad ing without refpedl to the number contained tn eich let. eodlw Bonds required in amy cafe by the Laws of the United States, or of any itate, npou legal procels, or in any judicial proceeding, or to/ thefaithfnl performance of any trust or duty are exempt frotn the payment of Stamp- Duties. v Siren under my hatid at Plnladetphilj: the rUy and year aboVemratiorHtd. lawtf O /.VER WOLCOTT, march 7 THEAS 1 March 'lib, 1799. PUBLIC NOTICE rs HEREBY GTV' 'l, Purfuan: to tic aift of Congrrfo paflH on the' id day of June, one thovf-ind, seven hurt*: drrtlarjd ninety fix, entitled "am a<st-reguUt ing the jxants of land impropriated for mili tary services, and fpr the society of (Jnitcd Brethren for propagating the gospel among, the Heathen and the afl fuppltroeinary to ■* the said recited ail palfcd on th; l'ec»nd day of.*' March, feven huiidred ty nine to wit: ' THAT the trail of Land herein after de feribed, namely. " beginning at the North Weft comer of the feren ranges of townlhips, and running thence Ufty miles due south, along the welfcern boundary of the said ra;>£es thence due Welt, to the Maiu Branch of the Scioto ri ve* i thence up the Main Branch of the laid ri ver to the place wh'ere the Indian boundary line croft-a the fame ; —thence along the laid boun dary line to the Tufcaroras branch of the Muf kingum river at the crofiing p; ice above Fort Lawrence; thence down the said river, to the point where a line run due w«ft from the place of beginning, will ititcrfcdl the said river ; thence along the line so run to the place of he ginning has been divided into townlbipr of 6»e miles l'quare, and frailioual parts of towji fbips ; and that plats and furveyj of tlift laid townlhips and fraifliouil parts of townfhijps are deposited in the offices of the Rrjrifler of the Trealury and Surveyor Genera!, for the inspec tion of all persons concerned. 11. The holders of such warrants a? have been or &all be granted for military rform t ed during the late war, are requived to prtfent tlie lame to the of tbe Treasury, at some time prior to the twelfth r'tiy of February in the year, one thoul'and c ; ght hundred, for the purpose of being regitf ered ; No reglftryr will however be made of a ny less quantity than a quarter towtilliip, or fofir thcufand acres. 11l Tin priority oflocatior of the warrants which may be piefcntcd and re; in manner afore faid, prior to the tltfc day of February in the year onethoufand eigl'.t hundred, will immediate ly alter the said day, determined by lot, tn the mode dreferibed by Vhe adl firft recited. The holdeis of. registered warrants, fhnll on Monday the 1" t'n day of February, iti the year ißoo, in the or/'.er ef which the priority of locati* on (hall be dct crmiued by lotas alorefaid', perion ally, or Uy ti' .*ir agents, designate in writing at tho office of the ftegitter-of tho Treasury, the particu lar quarter townftiips ele&ed by them rcfpeilively, and fucli of the said holders as (hall not designate (Jieir lc .itions on the said day, thall bepofiponed in loc' iting such warrants to all other holdars o£ rsgiP ered warrants. The holders of warranto for 'military services fufficient to cover one or more quarter townships , or tracts of four thousand acres each ; fliall, at any time af-er Monday the 17th day of February, »800 and prior to the firft day ol January, 1802* be al lowed to register the laid warrants in manner a* forefaid, arid forthwith to make lacacions therefor en any tracl or trails of land not before located. . V - ■ i All warrants or claims for Ua<i»an accaunt of military fcrvices, which fhajlnotbe rrgiftered located before the firll day of January, igcj, are by the supplementary aift of Cougrfft herein recited, passed on the second day of March, declared to iie forever barred. , :;? Given under my hand at Philadelphia! day and year above mentioned, 1 OLIVER WOLCOTT. "* Sec, of the Treasury*, ] To be Let, A genteel, convenient three (bory BRICK HOUSE, In Spruce Street, (no. 64) THIS houfc his been newly papered and paiated, and was not oocupied during last fever. Feb. li. as. eo tf. To be Let-, A Store and Left, NEAR Mjrke'i-ltreet Wharf.—Enquire ot the Subfcribcr, fas II PRINTED BY J. W. FENNO. Dolls# Cts. Stcretary of the Treafiiry'. dim :en'j 2PART IV* GEO. DAVIS, 319 High-ftrret. aawtf 'j 20
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